A history of the English language /
Albert C. Baugh, Thomas Cable
- Sixth edition ; Authorized British edition
- xviii, 446 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
English language edition, 6th edition published by Pearson, ℗♭2013 Previous edition: 2002
Includes bibliographical references and index
English present and future -- The Indo-European family of languages -- Old English -- Foreign influences on Old English -- The Norman Conquest and the subjection of English, 1066-1200 -- The reestablishment of English, 1200-1500 -- Middle English -- The Renaissance, 1500-1630 -- The appeal to authority, 1650-1800 -- The nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- The English language in America -- The twenty-first century -- Appendix A. Specimens of the Middle English dialect -- Appendix B. English spelling